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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Most German meat and dairy commercial imports are now allowed back into the UK after ministers agreed the country’s recent foot and mouth disease outbreak had been contained.
The import ban on meat and dairy products from Germany was amended on Tuesday after Britain officially recognised regionalisation for FMD at the containment zone level – meaning the rules only apply to a 6km radius around the outbreak.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
The closure of Heathrow Airport last Friday disrupted the supply of over £543m of goods, including salmon and other perishable foods, according to international delivery expert Parcelhero.
The London airport, which handles nearly £200bn worth of cargo each year, was shut down for a day last week following a significant loss of power linked to a fire at an electricity substation.
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1 month ago | 
hercampus.com | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Owala and Stanley have been crowned by many as the two most famous brands that sell insulated water bottles on the market nowadays, both responsible for inciting cases such as people fighting in the supermarket to try and snatch a new collection of the brands on sale. But when comparing the quality of these products, such as which one preserves your ice for the longest, instead of focusing on the design of the bottles, one question still remains: Which one of them really deserves your money?
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
A lack of regulation of imported goods to the UK has helped destroy an area of global forest equivalent to the size of Liverpool, according to analysis by environmental group Global Witness.
Thousands of hectares of deforested land were linked to the imports of commodities such as cattle products, soy, oil palm, cocoa, coffee, and rubber in 2024, the data showed.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Tinned sardine shortages are on the horizon as fish levels in Moroccan waters are quickly drying up.
Importers have warned that sardine supply in the Atlantic off the Moroccan coast – where around half of the world’s canned sardines come from – is currently very poor, “to the point of being non-existent”, according to one source at a major British importer.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Staffing costs for the transport and storage sector have ballooned in the past three months, with more companies claiming their costs have increased than in any other sector, according to new government figures.
The Office for National Statistics’ latest Business Insights & Conditions Survey showed employment costs rose at a higher rate for transport and storage companies, which include logistics, parcels, haulage and warehousing, than they did for other sectors.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
British meat exports have gained a boost after the Philippines lifted its ban on UK beef and poultry.
The removal of two key trade barriers on poultry and beef will bring an estimated £80m in sales over the next five years, according to Defra.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Food and drink exports to the European Union have fallen by more than a third since Brexit, new data has showed.
Food & Drink Federation figures out this week showed that British food and drink exports to the bloc slumped by 34.1% in 2024 when compared with 2019 levels – before the UK left the EU.
Food and drink exports last year reached £24.5bn, a 0.3% increase from the year before. However, these stable values reflected rising inflation.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
British fresh produce importers have unanimously voted to be allowed to carry out their own post-Brexit border checks in a meeting with government representatives, The Grocer can reveal.
The Fresh Produce Consortium last week hosted a session with Defra to discuss recently proposed increases to plant health fees, which fruit & veg importers must pay to get their goods through border controls.
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1 month ago | 
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
The world’s biggest retailers, including British giants Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, are reportedly “failing to tackle the massive methane emissions” in their meat and dairy supply chains.
New analysis by campaign groups Changing Markets and Mighty Earth has found that, despite meat and dairy making up an estimated one third of global retailers’ total emissions, companies were still not acting on their methane gas emissions.
